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Today I'm using two mobile devices: The BlackBerry Perl 8130 and the BlackBerry 8830 'World Edition' phones by Verizion. The 8830 is larger but has a qwerty keyboard. If I'm actually going to be sending email from something, this is the...
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I just discovered this great article on codeproject.com for optimizing ASP.NET 2.0 website performance: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/10ASPNetPerformance.aspx by Omar Al Zabir titled 10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets . I wanted to...
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This post talks about applying search engine optimization strategies to web pages, while working in parallel with a content designer. Recently I was contacted by web designer who built QuoteACopier.com. The owners of the site want to increase awareness...
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Today I launched a new website, softwarethatdoesntsuck.com, because we need software that doesn't suck . The idea behind the site is to have a forum where people can post links to software that is good, and links to software that should be avoided...
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IIS combined with ASP.NET provides many technologies to improve performance and scalability. IIS provides a pool of threads so that it can server many requests simultaneously. The pool has a limited number of threads in it, and once they are used up additional...
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Suppose you are writing a GUI application for Windows and you want to be able to debug your applicaiton by sending console output to a console window that opens only if you pass a certain command line argument or are compiled in debug mode. Console.WriteLine...
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In a C# Windows Application or Console Application, you may want to access arguments passed to your application via the Command Line. This is actually very easy to do. All you have to do is modify your Main() method to take in an array of strings: static...
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Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery Recover deleted or damaged files from digital camera flash memory cards I popped my xD flash memory card out of my digital camera and popped it into my computer. Windows XP spontaneously reboots. I try to put the...
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BIRT, the Business Intelligence Reporting Tool for Java, is a powerful open source reporting platform. It's a good tool but it has bugs and an overall lack of good documentation and support. However, if you spend time with it to learn it's ins...
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Corporations return to more traditional work environments. More people wearing ties, increasing demands to work longer hours in exchange for higher pay. More job opportunities for decision makers. Unskilled labor rates stagnate, tech sector and IT related...
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Here are some of the Masters of Community Server. They have their own CS powered sites of course and they have excellent, valuable content for anyone interested in getting anything done with CS that isn't already done for you when you take it 'out...
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I just upgraded from CS 2.0 to 2.1. One of the great new features is the Tag Cloud feature. Basically you can attach key words to blogs and forum posts, and then visitors can click on those key words in the tag clouds to find related content. Here's...
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Dave Stokes wrote a terriffic guide for upgrading from CS 2.0 to 2.1. After reading this guide I can't possibly imagine trying to do this on your own. Definitely get the guide. You have to register on his site, but the energy expended to tap a few...
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The purpose of this blog is to capture lessons about setting up Community Server 2.1 as I learn them. I'm hoping people can benefit. On the official Community Server Forums you can probalby learn everything you can find in this blog. However, on the...